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Overview

Torbjørn Haugaasen is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on multiple interconnected subfields and research topics.

The main subfields of study for Haugaasen include:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling

Among the key topics in their work are:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Torbjørn Haugaasen has contributed to several recent papers, such as:

  • Impacts of wildlife trade on terrestrial biodiversity (2021), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Sustainable-use protected areas catalyze enhanced livelihoods in rural Amazonia (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Thermal tolerance and the importance of microhabitats for Andean frogs in the context of land use and climate change (2020), published in Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Sparing land for secondary forest regeneration protects more tropical biodiversity than land sharing in cattle farming landscapes (2021), published in Current Biology
  • Structure and Composition of Terra Firme and Seasonally Flooded Várzea Forests in the Western Brazilian Amazon (2020), published in Forests

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Carlos A. Peres
  • David P. Edwards
  • Jacob B. Socolar
  • Joseph E. Hawes
  • Simon C. Mills

Haugaasen's publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Forests
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution

Best Publications

  • Large tree mortality and the decline of forest biomass following Amazonian wildfires.

    Jos Barlow;Carlos A. Peres;Bernard O. Lagan;Torbjorn Haugaasen

  • Effects of ground fires on understorey bird assemblages in Amazonian forests

    Jos Barlow;Torbjørn Haugaasen;Carlos A. Peres

  • Impacts of wildlife trade on terrestrial biodiversity.

    Oscar Morton;Brett R. Scheffers;Torbjørn Haugaasen;David P. Edwards

  • Mammal assemblage structure in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests

    Torbjørn Haugaasen;Carlos A. Peres

  • Cheap carbon and biodiversity co-benefits from forest regeneration in a hotspot of endemism

    James J. Gilroy;James J. Gilroy;Paul Woodcock;Paul Woodcock;Felicity A. Edwards;Charlotte Wheeler

  • Tree Phenology in Adjacent Amazonian Flooded and Unflooded Forests

    Torbjørn Haugaasen;Carlos A. Peres

  • Floristic, edaphic and structural characteristics of flooded and unflooded forests in the lower Rio Purús region of central Amazonia, Brazil

    Torbjørn Haugaasen;Carlos Augusto Peres

  • Primate assemblage structure in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests.

    Torbjørn Haugaasen;Carlos A. Peres

  • Vertebrate responses to fruit production in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests

    Torbjørn Haugaasen;Carlos A. Peres

  • EDITOR'S CHOICE: Surrounding habitats mediate the trade‐off between land‐sharing and land‐sparing agriculture in the tropics

    James J. Gilroy;Felicity A. Edwards;Claudia A. Medina Uribe;Torbjørn Haugaasen

  • Seed dispersal of the Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) by scatter-hoarding rodents in a central amazonian forest

    Joanne M. Tuck Haugaasen;Torbjørn Haugaasen;Carlos A. Peres;Rogerio Gribel

  • Vertebrate responses to surface wildfires in a central Amazonian forest

    Carlos A. Peres;Jos Barlow;Torbjørn Haugaasen

  • Patterns of tree diversity and composition in Amazonian floodplain paleo-várzea forest

    Rafael L. Assis;Rafael L. Assis;Torbjorn Haugaasen;Jochen Schöngart;Juan C. Montero

  • Interspecific primate associations in Amazonian flooded and unflooded forests

    Torbjørn Haugaasen;Torbjørn Haugaasen;Carlos A. Peres

  • Effects of hydroperiod and substrate properties on tree alpha diversity and composition in Amazonian floodplain forests

    Rafael L. Assis;Rafael L. Assis;Florian Wittmann;Maria T. F. Piedade;Torbjorn Haugaasen

  • Minimizing the biodiversity impact of Neotropical oil palm development

    James J. Gilroy;Graham W. Prescott;Johann S. Cardenas;Pamela González del Pliego Castañeda;Pamela González del Pliego Castañeda

  • Phyllostomid Bat Assemblage Structure in Amazonian Flooded and Unflooded Forests

    Paulo Estefano D. Bobrowiec;Leonardo dos Santos Rosa;Janaina Gazarini;Torbjørn Haugaasen

  • Surface wildfires in central Amazonia: Short-term impact on forest structure and carbon loss

    Torbjørn Haugaasen;Jos Barlow;Carlos A. Peres

  • Land-Sparing Agriculture Best Protects Avian Phylogenetic Diversity

    David P. Edwards;James J. Gilroy;James J. Gilroy;Gavin H. Thomas;Claudia A. Medina Uribe

  • Age and Growth Patterns of Brazil Nut Trees (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) in Amazonia, Brazil

    Jochen Schöngart;Jochen Schöngart;Rogério Gribel;Sinomar Ferreira da Fonseca-Junior;Torbjørn Haugaasen

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos A. Peres
Carlos A. Peres University of East Anglia
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Stephen F. Ferrari
Stephen F. Ferrari Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Jochen Schöngart
Jochen Schöngart National Institute of Amazonian Research
Brett R. Scheffers
Brett R. Scheffers University of Florida
Florian Wittmann
Florian Wittmann Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Rogério Gribel
Rogério Gribel National Institute of Amazonian Research
Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg
Robert P. Freckleton
Robert P. Freckleton University of Sheffield
Rahel Sollmann
Rahel Sollmann University of California, Davis

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